Discrimination is an action when taken far enough, can become something as horrific as an act of genocide. Many minorities, such as Jewish, gay, and black people have been victims of the malicious and cruel actions of discrimination. The possibly most well known acts of discrimination are when Hitler became leader of Germany and began what is known as the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a discrimination against Jews that evolved into something so horrific that it went as far as taking millions of lives. A large part of this was done through death camps, also known as extermination camps. Sobibor was one of those death camps taking the innocent lives of Jews and other “imperfects” in the eyes of Hitler. Sobibor was a Nazi death camp established
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A fence was built around the entirety of the camp, and had branches interwoven through it. This fence was made not only to keep those who were captured inside, but was also made to prevent passengers at the station of seeing into the camp (“Death Camp”). The amount of dreadful things that must have happened at Sobibor to make the Nazis build the fence is truly terrifying. Although the camp of Sobibor was converted to a concentration camp in July of 1943, the death camp was able to take over 200,000 lives (“Extermination …show more content…
Due to the Nazis planting trees and destroying the camp, there is a miniscule amount of information that can be obtained by going to where the camp once laid. The only things left at Sobibor today are signs, and a house or two. All the mysteries of Sobibor have yet to be discovered, but hopefully they will be revealed in the near future. Although still very mysterious, the area of Sobibor has become more known. There is excavation being done on a regular basis to hopefully find more information on the infamous death camp that was Sobibor (“Extermination Camp”). Sobibor was truly a monstrous operation of death and sorrow, and although all that is left at the sight of Sobibor is an excavation operation, there will always be memories there that lie close to hearts. Those who fell to the horrible fate of Sobibor will be remembered dearly, and forever missed. Sobibor will always be a symbol of the horrible actions caused by discrimination, and what happens when the wrong person gains enough
A fence was built around the entirety of the camp, and had branches interwoven through it. This fence was made not only to keep those who were captured inside, but was also made to prevent passengers at the station of seeing into the camp (“Death Camp”). The amount of dreadful things that must have happened at Sobibor to make the Nazis build the fence is truly terrifying. Although the camp of Sobibor was converted to a concentration camp in July of 1943, the death camp was able to take over 200,000 lives (“Extermination …show more content…
Due to the Nazis planting trees and destroying the camp, there is a miniscule amount of information that can be obtained by going to where the camp once laid. The only things left at Sobibor today are signs, and a house or two. All the mysteries of Sobibor have yet to be discovered, but hopefully they will be revealed in the near future. Although still very mysterious, the area of Sobibor has become more known. There is excavation being done on a regular basis to hopefully find more information on the infamous death camp that was Sobibor (“Extermination Camp”). Sobibor was truly a monstrous operation of death and sorrow, and although all that is left at the sight of Sobibor is an excavation operation, there will always be memories there that lie close to hearts. Those who fell to the horrible fate of Sobibor will be remembered dearly, and forever missed. Sobibor will always be a symbol of the horrible actions caused by discrimination, and what happens when the wrong person gains enough